Maciejewski does care about her teammates, the coaching staff and winning. The 5-11 senior forward, called a coach on the floor by Dimoff, tallied 10 of her 17 points in the third quarter as the defending champions blew open the game en route to a 53-32 rout of Central Dauphin.

Winners of 22 consecutive games, the Lions (28-1) enter the PIAA tournament with confidence and the desire to be great.

"It was was definitely just let's get the ball rolling, let's get some points on the board and make a push right now," Maciejewski said. "Teamwork is the key to our team. Everybody has a role and everybody does their role well. We all can score equally and we all can play defense."

Yes they can play defense as the Lions held the Rams (16-10) 12 of 35 shooting from the floor for 34 percent. Junior forward Precious Martin, who averages in double figures, was held to nine points.

"They do a good job on their press, they're a veteran team and they're pretty skilled," Martin said. "They had it tonight, they were the better team tonight. We can get it back at states. We can take a lot from this game like handling the press, and keeping positive, which we did."

While the Lions were swarming the Rams defensively, forcing 28 turnovers, junior forward Jen Horvatinovic picked up where Maciejewski left off by doing her thing in the fourth quarter. The 6-0 Monmouth recruit, who can shoot from the perimeter as well take it inside, scored eight of her 18 points in the final frame.

Simply put, Maciejewski and Horvatinovic form one solid one-two punch for the Lions.

"We just were just trying to get as many points as we could as fast as we could so they couldn't get any momentum," Horvatinvic said. "I think we all just came out and executed our offense and set everything up. Defensively, we sagged away and dared them to shoot from the outside. A couple of times she (Martin) drove by me because I was up on her too close. We really got after them from end to end, that's our style."

CD, which played without junior forward Madison Hatcher, who was out with a sore back, was close in the first quarter, leading 7-5 with 4:52 remaining, but that didn't last long. Dimoff called a timeout and the Lions promptly outscored CD 13-4 to take an 18-11 lead into the second quarter.

"We kept letting them outhustle us and I was very upset with that," Dimoff said. "No matter who we play we can't let any team do that against us. I lit a fire under them and that kind of set them off the rest of the game. Give Central Dauphin credit because they played hard.. After refocusing, we came out strong with Erica and Jen leading us in the second half."

For the Rams, it's now on to the state tournament as the District 3 runner-up. They will play the No. 4 team out of District 12 on Friday.

"Red Lion is a really good basketball team," CD coach Randy Gambelunghe said. "My thought is, individually they're very good defenders, as a team, they're great defenders. They give you fits all over the court. We didn't come close to playing our best game, but we did exceeded expectations with our youth. Nobody expected us to be here."